Trend following all depends on your time frame. In order to avoid all the noise out there, I strongly suggest to look at weekly moving averages to get an idea where we are at the moment in the dominant trend. In this video regarding trend following you can get some ideas in order to help […]

I just shared this piece from David Druz….Trend following is extremely challenging….Psychology is the key…

The Bible of Trend Following

I’ve been trading for investors for over 30 years. My first fund, Tactical Commodity Fund started in mid-1981. Tactical’s current program began in 1993 as an offshoot of that first fund but with lower […]

We have had several nice up days…so all clear? Well, there were no breakouts today of leading stocks. The lack of buy able stocks is a cause for caution and I would take new position very carefully if at all, but this follow through looks a bit better. We are still below the 50 day […]

I like watching Jim Rogers….somewhat entertaining however his statement ” You Should Be Prepared” is so true. This statement ” You Should Be Prepared” means you need a trading plan. You do not want to be bounced around the markets. You need to know what to buy/sell…when to exit with a loss or a profit…when […]

When we trend follow we either buy/sell breakouts or utilize trend retracements as entries…. We always look at the stock market first as everything is interconnected. In this video we discuss the stock market as well as the ETF GDX.

Been a very tough stock market for traders who are battling along with the bulls and bears. Fridays action was somewhat encouraging, albeit on lower volume. Lower volume does not show commitment rather a potential bear market rally. The market rallied due to jaw boning of crude cutbacks. Crude flew up and the stock market […]

I had a call yesterday of bottom fisher whose hands have been getting burned. He asked me what I thought about Deutsche Bank AG. I told him very simply, from a trend following perspective it was in a long down turn. Other than that, I do not have any opinion. He was exuberant as he […]

After yesterday it might be fair to say we saw the Bull Stock Market Highs 5/20/15 on the SP 2134.72. 7/20/15 on the QQQ at 5231.94 also looks the highs for the current cycle. From a trend following standpoint I have been stating repeatedly the situation. My students have avoided a great deal of the […]